Any foreseeable problems with possible mce600 mod?

[jeff127]

I'm thinking about modding my mce600 by adding an emergency output pipe.

I don't have a sump or anything else external to the tank except for the skimmer and today I thought it would be a neat idea to have a filter bag on the output from the skimmer. I'd previously had microbubble problems which this has solved and the amount of crud it's removed has been surprising, aswell as giving a great way to have some carbon/phos remover in high flow.

I'm aware that this can restrict the flow of water leaving the skimmer and could eventually lead to a flood if the bag is not replaced regularly enough, so I thought I could cut a hole about the original one, and attach a bit of pipe back towards the tank (not going underwater ofcourse). A picture of what I mean:

Ofcourse the idea would be that this output would never see water, but would just add some insurance.

Is this anything I've overlooked?


Thanks,

Jeff.

 

[rvitko]

Maybe you posted in the wrong forum?

 

[jeff127]

So I did Roger, silly me for some reason I had in my head that this was a tunze skimmer!! :spin2:

Sorry! Could you please delete this thread?


Thanks,

Jeff.

 

[rvitko]

Don't worry about it, only the staff can delete threads and it isn't a big deal.